Drug War Roundup

– This Thursday, June 2, multiple former world leaders, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, and others will be holding a press conference to release a report and call for a change in global drug policies. The group will be advocating that we move away from criminalization and begin exploring ways to regulate markets for currently illegal drugs.

– That message is one that’s needed quite badly here in the U.S. where the Obama Administration is still failing in its promises to put science over ideology when it comes to the medical uses of marijuana.

– Locally, State Representative Roger Goodman is planning a press conference and rally to demand that the Obama Administration back off and let Washington regulate medical marijuana. The press conference will be at Green Hope Patient Network at 15021 Aurora Ave. N in Shoreline.

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I wouldn’t hold your breath. The drug war is a trillion dollar industry. Theres too much money to be made keeping it illegal. The people that want to continue with the status quo are already deeply entrenched in the system. Heavily invested, and beholden to the industry. Besides, there are certain organizations that need that cash flow kept hidden.

I read somewhere once a few years ago, that if we were able to take all the illegal drug money out of the stock market, the system would collapse. The Reagan administration actively courted the Meddellin and Cali Cartels to invest in the stock exchange to keep that sweet cash coming in.

The Stock Market is specifically exempted from all the laws concerning cash deposits and transactions. Thats been the case since 1983.

I’m originally from Okanogan Co. and am very interested in what kind of discussions are going forward on plans for hemp production in Eastern WA. With the dismal economic realities of orchards and ranching, the hemp industry is tailor-made for this area.

Is there a place with more info or could you give us a run down of your discussions?

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